 Profile likelihood for a Gaussian precision matrix (source code)

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= Profile likelihood for a Gaussian precision matrix
{title2=$-\log\det\Omega+\operatorname{tr}(S\Omega)$}

For independent <multivariate normal> observations with unknown mean and nonsingular covariance, profiling the mean at its sample value gives negative log-likelihood proportional to $-\log\det\Omega+\operatorname{tr}(S\Omega)$ over $\Omega\succ0$. The <sample covariance matrix> uses divisor $n$. Its minimizer exists exactly when $S\succ0$, and is then $S^{-1}$.

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